Dispersal promotes high gene flow among Canada lynx populations across mainland North America

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1259-1268

  Row, J R ^a   Gomez, C ^a   Koen, E L ^a   Bowman, J ^a   Murray, D L ^a   Wilson, P J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian clustering; Conservation; Discriminant analysis of principal components; Microsatellite; Newfoundland

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYNCHRONY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 84865429954     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0369-3     Document Type: Article

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